Name: Safer Spaces
Duration: P00H01M55S
Description: A song about feeling unsafe in spaces that claim to be. A song about feeling let down by the structures that surround you. It's also a song about what healing can look like for different people. I'm going back to school!

Safer Spaces

from Bad Victim by Porch Cat

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A song about feeling unsafe in spaces that claim to be. A song about feeling let down by the structures that surround you. It's also a song about what healing can look like for different people. I'm going back to school!

lyrics

I remember things I don't need
And I forget the most important things
So when you're asking for proof from me
Remember that I wasn't really there

I'm too scared to say I might break
Go ahead and tell me these spaces are safe

Emma carried her mattress across her campus
She was brave enough to hold it up in protest
And I can't even go back to classes
Even though nothing happened on those red bricks

And I'm too scared to say I might break
Go and ahead and tell me these spaces are safe
And I'm too scared to take back the night
And I'm too scared stand up and fight

I know it's hard to see it go by laying in your bed
I know there's something in your mind that would rather see you dead
I'm sorry I'm not doing much more than just trying to survive
But if I can make it through this maybe someone else will try to stay alive

(ps: i'm going back to campus!)

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from Bad Victim, released January 14, 2017
Chan: vocals, guitar, ukulele, saw, lyrics & arrangement
Emily: upright bass

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Porch Cat Washington

Porch Cat is a DIY, queer, folk punk band from Washington, fronted by Chan B and accompanied by Emily Ayden. Porch Cat is a project that strives to connect with and empower marginalized people through music.

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